I hope you’re having a great holiday week. I’m long overdue with a list of recommended reading, so I’ve luckily got some good stuff stockpiled.

Keeping the Fun in Children’s Sports – This was a great piece in the New York Times that summarizes some new findings from an American Academy of Pediatrics report on organized sports.

Why We Sleep – Brandon Marcello recommended this book when he came on the podcast (listen to his interview here), and it hasn’t disappointed. I’d highly recommend it.

The Language of Coaching – Nick Winkelman put up his slides from this year’s Perform Better presentations, and he’s got some great information on optimizing coaching cues.

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Crazy. The next time you blurt out that a player “sucks” because he made an error, struck out, or gave up a HR, remember that he’s likely the best athlete in the history of his hometown. And, there are a lot of other really good athletes who’d love to “suck” as much as he does. https://t.co/HOdKGhQjCl

— Eric Cressey (@EricCressey) June 20, 2019

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*Exhale fully to get more out of your anti-extension core exercises and shoulder flexion mobility drills.* 👇 One of the central points of the @posturalrestoration philosophy is that folks who live in a gross extension pattern (forward head posture, excessive lordosis, anterior pelvic tilt, plantarflexed ankles, etc.) live in a constant state of inhalation. In other words, they have absolutely no idea how to get air out. When you exhale, your ribs should come down, so the best time to challenge this function is when the arms are flexed overhead, as folks with an anterior-weight-bearing tendency often “flare” the ribs up during this overhead reach. It’s challenging enough for folks with these heavily ingrained habits to get their arms overhead in a neutral spine position, but ask them to exhale in this position and you’ll make folks feel inadequate really fast. Here’s a good progression you can use, from mobility drills to stability ones. Exhale fully at the position in each drill when the arms are overhead (lats are on the biggest stretch): Bench T-Spine Mobs -> Dead Bugs -> Back to Wall Shoulder Flexion -> Tall Kneeling TRX Fallouts . . . #cspfamily #mobility

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